Weekly Words by Artist Gina R Labrecque

Do Not Feel Lonely

8/5/2016

“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.” – Rumi

Woops, I'm a little late with this one, busy last couple days.
***
"Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, Mawlānā/Mevlânâ, Mevlevî/Mawlawī, and more popularly simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic."
"Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States."
***
Rumi said all kinds of things that tickle our imagination... I probably won't resist sharing more from him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi

Purchase this print or original artwork in the:

gallery and store

0 Comments

The Human Bean

8/5/2016

0 Comments

“Do you like vegetables?" Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dangerous kind of food.
"You is trying to change the subject," the Giant said sternly. "We is having an interesting babblement about the taste of the human bean. The human bean is not a vegetable.”
― Roald Dahl, The BFG

The BFG was one of my favorite books I read as a kid. There's a lot to know about this author. He was a fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force in WWII. I read about him here: http://www.biography.com/people/roald-dahl-9264648
***
'In addition to James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dahl's most popular kids' books include Fantastic Fox (1970), The Witches (1983) and Matilda (1988)'

'Dahl told New York Times book reviewer Willa Petschek, "As I went on the stories became less and less realistic and more fantastic." He went on to describe his foray into writing as a "pure fluke," saying, "Without being asked to, I doubt if I'd ever have thought to do it."'

ALSO, I am excited to discover this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0Bey4YUGI

Purchase this print or original artwork in the:

gallery and store

0 Comments

Isn't it Odd?

8/5/2016

0 Comments

“Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said..."As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells...and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there, too, a slightly younger self, slightly different, as if the book had preserved you like a pressed flower...both strange and familiar.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

Cornelia Funke is a German author. She wrote the "Inkheart" trilogy, which is the only series I've read more than once because I loved it that much. When I think of the first book in the series, "Inkheart", I remember reading by firelight, and the scent of wood smoke mixed with the tang of printed pages. Hushing rain, thunder, darkness and warmth. With the power out, I shared close to the same setting as the main character, Meggie, in the first scene of the book as I read it.

Cornelia Funke, I learned, was an illustrator who grew bored of the stories she had to illustrate, so she began to write her own.

I had characters in mind myself, but never once did I think I could try to write their story. I subconsciously believed writing was someone else's art, but when I read about the author in the back of "Inkheart", I remember thinking for the first time I should write a story too.

0 Comments

Forward>>

Weekly Words

Do Not Feel Lonely

The Human Bean

Isn't it Odd?

Subscribe to Patron's List e-newsletter!

Archives

Categories

Services

Company

Support